diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97a63b0..3768c6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -379,3 +379,4 @@ network-manager-applet-0.8.1.tar.bz2
 /NetworkManager-1.26.2.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.26.4.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.26.6.tar.xz
+/NetworkManager-1.26.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/NetworkManager.spec b/NetworkManager.spec
index 4f4b91b..5523af2 100644
--- a/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %global glib2_version %(pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0 2>/dev/null || echo bad)
 
 %global epoch_version 1
-%global rpm_version 1.26.6
-%global real_version 1.26.6
+%global rpm_version 1.26.8
+%global real_version 1.26.8
 %global release_version 1
 %global snapshot %{nil}
 %global git_sha %{nil}
@@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 19 2021 Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@redhat.com> - 1:1.26.8-1
+- update to 1.26.8
+
 * Mon Dec  7 2020 Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> - 1:1.26.6-1
 - update to 1.26.6
 - systend-resolved: use DefaultRoute instead of wildcard search domain (rh #1884352)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 35c559a..8de7c7b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.26.6.tar.xz) = f43869473bf625be270e3781a77310a877a8e945df08a6f9e668bb66fe173615e990fd9b3011c1c7b3aa23a9007db99c2f06c67f1185f7547771a816b06caf64
+SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.26.8.tar.xz) = c9e16fea0d324f662b9ae2a633da812ac0477fa4d91f26a51dca380f1bdf410907efb28e108c4c7d5f8312db1ea5ad7807685ffd94dccfbbbaf964ba855bccb3